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* [[Larry Niven]] approves of fan fiction, as long as such stories are strictly set within the Man-Kzin War period of his [[Known Space]] universe. He publicly stated, in print, that his work was a "playground", and that he was opening up the Man-Kzin war parts of it to anyone who wants to play with his playground equipment. No entendre intended.
* [[JK Rowling]] has said that she actually ''likes'' her fans writing fanfic and doing other fannish things, but she doesn't like the fanfics where her characters have sex when they're minors. Her voiced displeasure about the 'under-aged' porn 'fics is partially because, the kiddie porn- and partially because [[Word of God|she]] fears for the kids who ''accidentally'' discover [[Rule 34]] first-hand. This 'rule' still [[Subverted Trope|doesn't stop]] ''anyone'' from writing them though!
* [[The Other Wiki]] says this about [
{{quote| "For many years, Bradley actively encouraged [[Darkover]] fan fiction and reprinted some of it in commercial Darkover anthologies, continuing to encourage submissions from unpublished authors, but this ended after a dispute with a fan over an unpublished Darkover novel of Bradley's that had similarities to some of the fan's stories. As a result, the novel remained unpublished, and Bradley demanded the cessation of all Darkover fan fiction."}}
** As is often the case, there are two sides to a story. See [http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1470621.html?thread=20753821#t20753821 here]. Also [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.written/browse_thread/thread/2649a35b264175b8/b91ef5c1e50f3439?#b91ef5c1e50f3439 this Usenet thread].
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** [http://www.bootlegactionfigures.com The Undiscovered Playthings], a website for identifying and displaying bootleg toys got [http://www.bootlegactionfigures.com/nomorepokemon.html a C&D] from Nintendo over [[Pokémon]] toys featured on the site.
* The [[MUSH]] ''Multiverse Crisis MUSH'' acknowledges this phenomenon in its banned characters list, not allowing characters from works subject to [[Fanwork Ban]] to be played. However, [[Captain Ersatz]] versions of banned characters are fine- in fact, there is an entire theme in the game that is a [[Captain Ersatz]] version of ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.
* If you dare to use the name ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]]''® or even so much as create a game that involves falling tetriminos, prepare for a C&D letter from The Tetris Company. Unless of course you pay The Tetris Company licensing fees and royalties. Even if you're not violating any copyrights and only copy elements which the US Supreme Court has ruled ''cannot even be covered by copyright'' (''Lotus v. Borland''), you'll still get [
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